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correct. HNL-NRT operates as a 3-class aircraft. You may get a non-refurbished 772 however.

Currently it's schedule to operate with aircraft #2379 which in the old configuration, however this is subject to change.

If your aircraft is the old configuration, check your email from united. I was on the HNL-NRT flight end of March in J. The aircraft was the old configuration, United sent me an email offer a token of appreciation for $200 airline credit or 10,000 miles! Being a FT, I gladly accept the 10,000 miles.

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Okay I rechecked for you since you did provide the actual date of your flight it's currently scheduled to be flown with aircraft #2368 which is still in the old configuration.

In terms of seat I hear it's a pretty good seat although getting on aircraft with the reconfigured product is better. I can't comment though never flown in Global First (not yet at least ha). Entertainment will be looped entertainment. Here's a link of movies etc you can expect to see on your flight http://www.united.com/web/format/pdf...013-5-play.pdf.

Aircraft swaps do happen so keep checking flights stats I would say starting tomorrow or Thursday until day of your flight to see if it's changed to an IPTE configured aircraft. Aircraft #s 20xx, 27xx & 28xx all have the IPTE configuration. (These are the aircraft with AVOD) Aircraft #s 23xx and 29xx are the old 3-cabin configured aircraft that are yet to be reconfigured. (These are the aircraft with looped entertainment)

Expect http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Uni..._777-200_1.php

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Nope all 2-cabin 777 aircraft are either sCO operated and the sUA operated ones only operate mainland - hawaii, hawaii - guam, and guam - narita routes.

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Don't expect much and you won't be disappointed.

UA closed the first class lounge at HNL years ago, and it wasn't a great loss anyway. You will use the United Club.

Everything else is pretty standard United.

Did you get the e-mail before or after you flew? Because I'm also scheduled to fly this route next week on an old configuration 777 in F, yet when I booked it was a 747. When I e-mailed about the two First segments both being demoted after booking to older aircraft, all they offered was I could get a no-penalty refund.

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I've had a flight or two with downgrade, and never been offered anything :rolleyes:

Then again, last Thanksgiving UA got me to my destination 24 hours late despite promises that they will hold the plane, and I received no apology or certs :(

Now it is my understanding that the rotation of these birds may include SFO-HNL and IAH-HNL, so if it is like the one I flew, I saw them ask pax for their choice of movies, and then they were handed Hi8 tapes to play themselves. Diddn't see the size of the monitor, but can tell you that Global 1st had lie flat bed seats.

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Assuming that is the older OZ J, which I am fairly certain it is from HNL to ICN, United would be FAR better to NRT.

If it was the new Quadra business seat, I would take OZ.

Got the email about 2 weeks after the flight. The email includes a link to a page prompt for your travel date and flight number. The next page allow you to select $200 airline credit or 10,000 miles.

Always go with the miles if they are worth it. I got offered $100 bucks or 15,000 and I took the miles...I don't know how they weren't equal but I didn't care.

Having gone from the CO birds to the UA " almost ghetto bird) it's not pretty. In fact most are older worn birds. Such a shame because it use to be a great flight.

Hate to say it but prefer DL on this and only this run! I do the Guam run a lot.

I really do enjoy flying Thai in first class. If you flying an A380 (not sure what their schedule is now) it is a very nice experience in global first. Expect to be picked up in a golf cart at BKK and whisked through immigration, off to baggage where you will be assisted in collecting your luggage, and then out to a waiting taxi! Superb service for first class passengers getting off of 3-class Thai aircraft!! Enjoy!! I've done it several times now, and I never get tired of the royal treatment.

Hm, my one and only TG FC got the cart and fast track Immigration, but it was off to CityLink train for me :(

Didn't have luggage, so just went straight to the exit ... maybe I was too fast for them :eek:

For the record mine was the evening flight from NRT.

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TG flies the A380 to HKG and I believe Paris at present.

As far as the airport meet and greet, you can also get it from a private company if not arriving in F on a TG flight: http://www.thailongstay.co.th/backoffice/service.html

sorry to bump the thread, but i was on this flight on another date and was on an older configuration 747. do you think if i reached out they would comp me some miles or is it not worth it? whom would i reach out to?

If it shows 3 rows in GF, it's the old config. 2 rows is IPTE.

Having flown both, the seats themselves aren't that different, IMHO (Biz Class is a different story). Both are quite comfortable. The IFE is the major difference as the old config is looped or cassettes and the IPTE has AVOD.

On a different, route, but I booked UA DEN-HNL in a 3-cabin sUA 777, in Global First, it was an old config, but I was hoping for a swap to the new, but would have been happy with the old. Suddenly it changed to a domestic 2 cabin sUA 752. I called and was told Domestic first is equivalent to global first, which was a lie. I am hoping they do something.

Heck, domestic F isn't even equivalent to C on 3-class a/c. :eek:

Yeah, I am really surprised they think that on the phone. Seems odd they would down gauge an 8-9 our flight, especially when hey keep bragging that all long hauls now hive lie flats. I checked for weeks and they are all sUA Domestic 752s now. In my experience it was always a wide body for years, usually a 3 class. They did often run the 752 on the DEN-OGG. I assumed the DEN-HNL went on to NRT.

I think the email was target. When I booked the flight, it was the new 772 configurations. About 1 month before travel, UA swicthed the flight to the old 772 and I lost my reserve seats! Since I caught the switch early, I selected another 2 seats for me and my wife. I didn't made any complaint or contact UA. So it was a pleasant surprise that both me and my wife got the email and pocket a total of 20K miles. That made our saver award from Honolulu to Thailand 27.5 K each.